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Post by Skomer on Aug 30, 2015 5:58:48 GMT
This is an unanswerable question because:
a) what does greatest mean? - most gold medals, most world records, most sports competed in (you could argue Seb Coe is because not only did he win medals, but was an MP then in the Lords, headed the London Olympics and now is the most powerful man in athletics) - it all depends on the definition.
b) there is a recency bias - the latest winner is better remembered that the sporting greats of the 19th Century
c) how do you compare a great cyclist with a swimmer, with a running, with a basketball player?
Mo is great, but who knows if the greatest?
And what about great sportswomen?
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Post by porphyriticmegacryst on Aug 30, 2015 6:41:14 GMT
Snape, surely.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 7:13:49 GMT
Running isn't a sport, it's just a natural human action. There's no skill involved. If Brendan had said the greatest British runner of the modern day he might have had a point. Correct.
That's why purveyors of drugs target the sports which do not involve the application of skill. Hand eye co-ordination stuff for me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 7:16:31 GMT
... is what Brendan Foster just said about Mo Farah.
Do me a favour... I'm sure you'd think differently if Farah was Steve Cram. Although fair play to you as you're not afraid to air your discrimatory views in public. The word you are struggling with there is
"discriminatory".
I don't have any particular affinity with Cram. He is from the north-east.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 7:32:23 GMT
Running isn't a sport, it's just a natural human action. There's no skill involved. If Brendan had said the greatest British runner of the modern day he might have had a point. Correct.
That's why purveyors of drugs target the sports which do not involve the application of skill. Hand eye co-ordination stuff for me.
That is a good point. Drug abuse was rife in my sport and that didn't involve any hand eye coordination. But hey we were young and they were heady days in Division Three of the Herefordshire District Pool League. Also you could get away with it as the drug testers just never came round either in or out of season, although I think they had to focus their limited resources on the elite athletes from the top flight to be fair. |
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Post by oldmeadowender on Aug 30, 2015 8:11:25 GMT
Sir Chris Hoy...........THREAD CLOSED. Can we just accept that people who ride horses, bicycles or camels cannot be considered because they are cheating. And if you bottle your own Commonwealth Games then you're definitely out of the running... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 8:53:14 GMT
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Post by indefatigabull on Aug 30, 2015 9:37:06 GMT
The difference with Steve Redgrave is that he was part of a team, Mo does it all on his own. Not quite all on his own. What about his dealer, er I mean coach? Are you suggesting that Mo Farah takes drugs? |
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Post by ledburybull on Aug 30, 2015 12:05:42 GMT
I think one we have all forgotten is Ben Ainnsley the sailor how many OLympice Gold Medals 4 I think from 4 Olympices MO could come back when he has done that then maybe he might have a chance but for me now there is a shadow over him which I for one do not think will go away
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Post by sjpreece on Aug 30, 2015 14:37:13 GMT
Stephen Hendry
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Post by criticscorner on Aug 30, 2015 17:11:45 GMT
Joss Naylor, but then again fell running is not an olympic sport and does not count.
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Post by oldmeadowender on Aug 30, 2015 17:14:00 GMT
Tommy Naylor
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Post by Mr Branflakes on Aug 30, 2015 21:58:02 GMT
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Post by simmo on Aug 30, 2015 23:21:01 GMT
Henry Cooper. Floored Casius Clay, loved the great smell of Brut and showered with Kevin Keegan and his perm.
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Post by nobby on Sept 1, 2015 15:43:11 GMT
Mo Parrot has lost credability lately* and that is bound to reflect on his greatness
*Anyone who advertises sausages, with no meat in, is a person of low morals IMO
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Post by oldmeadowender on Sept 1, 2015 17:18:10 GMT
Stirling Moss? He was still motor-racing when he was about 70. (Classic cars, Silverstone)
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